SUNY works to better prepare teachers for state standards

6:30 PM,
Nov. 15, 2012

Written by

Jessica Bakeman
Albany bureau

Education professors from New York's public university system gathered in Albany on Thursday to brainstorm how they can better prepare future teachers for classroom demands, particularly several new or upcoming state-mandated requirements.

Public school teachers this year are adhering to more stringent curricula for math and English. Teachers' performance will be scored by a new evaluation system, one that in many cases is still being negotiated or reviewed by unions and districts. And starting in 2014, college students pursuing teaching degrees will be evaluated differently, ...